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submitted 8 days ago • 837 comments

So evil and so stupid.

submitted 8 days ago • 494 comments

NEW: By halting the election certification for a seat on its own court, the North Carolina Supreme Court revealed its anti-democratic behavior, causing concern for the future of free and fair elections in the Tar Heel State and beyond.

submitted 8 days ago • 22 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 441 comments

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

submitted 13 days ago • 1489 comments

This is what local news orgs should be doing now: "In 2024, the Univ. of Alabama was in the top 1% of NIH-funded institutions. The university, Alabama’s largest public employer, has received more than $1 billion in NIH funding. NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs" www.al.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 13 days ago • 42 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 868 comments

Calling the costs of running scientific research labs “administrative overhead” might fool the lab rats and guinea pigs. It won’t fool the people dying of cancer or heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 13 days ago • 68 comments

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

submitted 13 days ago • 912 comments

Dems spent years avoiding having any kind of convo about adding seats to the Supreme Court because 'what kind of precedent would that set for Republicans?' Meanwhile, the GOP take office & within weeks are openly talking about ignoring court verdicts and impeaching judges. Sigh.

submitted 13 days ago • 178 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 1113 comments

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

submitted 13 days ago • 980 comments

As we start another week, my law firm is litigating 46 voting and election cases in 19 states. A team starts trial to protect the Voting Rights Act in Alabama tomorrow! Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy and democracy is on the docket.

submitted 13 days ago • 1044 comments

Musk’s Man at Treasury: Who Controls Your Social Security? Tom Krause, a Musk-backed exec, now runs the Bureau of Fiscal Service, disbursing $5 trillion in Social Security, Medicare, and tax refunds. His predecessor resigned after calling Musk’s demand to halt aid illegal. How far does this grab go?

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submitted 15 days ago • 35 comments

👇👇

submitted 15 days ago • 1264 comments

I don’t love lawsuits at all, but in this case the admin needs buried in them

submitted 21 days ago • 936 comments

Public Service Announcement:

submitted 29 days ago • 148 comments

Yesterday, ICE raided a business in New Jersey and detained both citizens and non-citizens — without a warrant. They even detained a U.S. military veteran. Nobody is safe.

submitted 29 days ago • 1387 comments

The gospel according to Saint Mariann

submitted 31 days ago • 328 comments

Sorry buddies but we're not stupid

submitted 31 days ago • 379 comments

They assaulted cops, trashed our Capitol, and tried to overthrow the US government. (I rewrote their headline to more accurately represent what happened.) www.cnn.com

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

If she can do it, we can all do it.

submitted 31 days ago • 1757 comments

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

submitted 31 days ago • 1418 comments

Well tomorrow is a sad day for America. I'm not going to turn on my TV tomorrow not going to watch those people spew their garbage. I would suggest all others turn off their TVs also for the day and evening. I would also encourage people to stop buying Tesla vehicles. Sell stock you have Tesla Etc.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Just sitting here thinking about those “price of eggs” Trump voters who are gonna get a multimillionaire Treasury Secretary who supports giving even more tax cuts to the super rich but does not support increasing the federal minimum wage. Great job. Bravo. You fucking idiots.

submitted 36 days ago • 740 comments

As DHS secretary Kristi Noem will be responsible for FEMA After a record breaking flood, As governor, she left her own constituents, high and dry w/out National Guard assistance, but she did send the national guard to the Texas Mexico border 1200 miles away at taxpayers expense—5 times!

submitted 36 days ago • 989 comments

🤔 I certainly think so. I still have so many questions about the entire ‘episode’. Just me?

submitted 40 days ago • 1836 comments

This has been their aim all along, and SCOTUS’s decision ending federal agency Chevron deference opened the door to this. Pay. Attention.

submitted 50 days ago • 479 comments

It's nuts to me that they haven't figured out who the Jan 6th pipe bomber is yet. I swear she looks familiar.

submitted 49 days ago • 525 comments

Judge Merchan: "Binding precedent does not provide that an individual, upon becoming President, can retroactively dismiss or vacate prior criminal acts nor does it grant blanket Presidential-elect immunity. This Court is therefore forbidden from recognizing either form of immunity."

submitted 50 days ago • 516 comments

Truth. Help people or pay your damn taxes.

submitted 49 days ago • 18 comments

Our system is beyond broken if 77M Americans truly voted for these two colossal sacks of white-privileged shit.

submitted 49 days ago • 738 comments

THIS, ALL FUCKING DAY.

submitted 49 days ago • 180 comments

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump. You know what to do.

submitted 49 days ago • 184 comments

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.